Company Name: HackerEarth

Job Role: Problem Setter Intern

Years of Experience Required: NA

Drive: Referral

CTC: 40K per month

Preparation

Topics: Data Structures and algorithms and competitive programming

Duration: 1-4 months

Source of Preparation: Practice on various coding websites like Codechef, Codeforces, Atcoder, HackerEarth, etc.

[BONUS]:

HackerEarth Interview Rounds

Interview Rounds

Round 1: Online Coding Test

Problem List:

There are 3 Coding questions that I did not clearly remember. 2 of them are CF div2 B/C and 1 is CF div2 D(This question requires prime number theory and inclusion-exclusion principle).

Round 2: Video Call and Hackerearth’s FacePrep.

Topics asked: Data Structure and algorithms

Problems: 3 problems were asked

Problem Statement 1: A string is given. Find the number of substrings with the equal number of vowels(All 5).

Examples:

Input : N = 6, S= “aeioua”

Output: 2

Explanation: There are 2 substrings “aeiou” and “eioua” which contain an equal number of all vowels.

Problem Statement 2: A number N is given. Find the number of even factors of N!.

Examples:

Input: N = 3

Output: 2

Explanation: Two even factors 2 and 6.

Problem Statement 3: Don’t exactly remember the problem. I solved it first with the o(NlogN) binary search and then changed it to O(N) two-pointer.
After this question they have asked me various questions from DSU, String Hashing, KMP and Graph algorithms.

Round 3 and 4: 2 rounds. 1 with the Team Lead of the problem setter team and 1 with the hiring manager.

Verdict: Selected

Message to Aspiring Students:

If you have experience in competitive programming and have a deep knowledge of Data Structure and Algorithms you should try. Before the interview you should read the topics of DSA, they will ask you questions.